The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, August 16, 1906, Image 4
COTTON ASSOCIATION
ITS VALUE TO THE PLANTEHS OK
THE SOUTH,
Two Crops ot 25,000,000 Bales Marketed
At An Average Of Ten
and One Half Cents.
The value of the Southern Cotton
Association to the ootton planters of
the South is apparent from the following
statement:
In the two vears ending September
1st, 1900, two crops of cotton, aggre
gating praotioally 25,000,000 bales,
will have been marketed at an average
price to Southern producers of
nearly 10 12 cents per pound.
In the two years ending September
1st, 1808,22,500,000 bales of cotton
were produced and marked at an aver age
price of 6 1-8 cents.
Tnia inoiease In price Is an aggregate
of about $550,000,000, and Is very
largely the work of the Southern Cotton
Association. In comparison with
such an achievement the cost of maintaining
Its organization Is but intlnltesmal,
and It enters upon the coming
cotton season with the greatest
confidence in the ultimate realization
or us piup< so, namely: rair prices ror
the product of Southern labor; the
avoidance of over production of cotton;
and the protection of the South
In Its God-given privileges of furnishing
the world with the cheapest cloth
In# ever known at prices which will
repay the Southern farmers for their
arduous toll and the trained Intelligence
employed in producing It.
The Southern Cotton Asocclatlor
has made its mlstateH and has had Its
enemies to tight. The mistakes have
not, howevor, been Important, ab
shown by the result, and its enemies
have for the most part admitted Itfe
power and have been forced ultimate
ly to align themselves with its purposes.
The 1st of September, 1900, will
find the world absolutely bare of cotton.
The visible B jpply will be the
smallest cn record. The 25,000 000
bales ( f cotton with which the South
has supplied clvllly.&Mou during tin
ruth t.wn vi i. ru am nil Pfirionmfirl rPlir
f W ? V J Vft 1 W l**V l'I4 V VWUUUJ\ All x III.
United States I> par went cf Agriculture
estimates that It will requlrf
42.000,000 bales of cotton to adequately
clothe the world's population, arc
the progress of civilization is rapidly
advancing the world's population to a
point at which It will require to be
adequately clothed.
"Whatever the size of the coming
cotton crop, there Is no reason why it
should be sold at anything else than
the average price ob'alnert for the last
orop, through the efforts of the Southern
Cotton Apsociatlon, namely: 11
3-4 cents and 12 cents a pound. Interested
and seif-constituted authorities
have of late been endeavoring to
stampede Southern holders and producers
of cotton into the belief that
the coming orop was likely to be an
abnormally large one, produced from
an acer-ige very much in excess of any
previously planted. This disposition
Renr.s to have penetrated even into
the Crop Estimating Board cf the
United States Government, who apparently
have not as yet fully emancipated
themselves from the maladroit
it Hue nee which resulted lu the
scandal which the c fforts of the
Southern Cotton Absoolatlon last year
disclosed.
That the cotton crop for the season
of 1906 7 is likely to be superabundant,
or even a large one, the Southern Cotton
Association docs not believe. Its
14-.. 4- L. .... - J. -. 4 I
lopuno nuiii iu> uuuucauuBUi im'.muurs
and correspondents throughout the
entire cotton belt Indicate that the
Increase In average over last year Is
only 2.62 per cent., and the scarcity
Of labor; the lateness of development,
the ezcesslvo rains in many sections
and drought In the region west of the
Mississippi Valley foreshadow anything
but a full yield for the season
commencing September 1st next.
The published opinion (f 150 members
of the New York, Liverpool and
Southern Cotton Kxobangts 1b that
a orop of about 11,000,000 bales will
be worth during the coming season
13.37 cents per pound, and those producers
who part with their product
for less than this figure are needlessly
curtailing the hard-earned profits of
their toil and depreciating the value
cf their fellow-producers' orop.
it is not the purpose of the Southern
Cotton Association to advance
cotton to an exorbitant prloe, nor one
not justified by conditions. It is its
purpose to keep its constituency in
the South fully informed as to the
outlook and orop prospects, and to
the end that it may have the best
possible information upon this subject,
for the purpose of more Intelligently
reaching a correct conclusion and to
ue accurately iniormca as to conditions
at the Association meeting to be
held at Hot Spring, Ark., Sept. 5th,
1906, It requests every Southern cotton
planter to whose eye this may
oome to till out at once, detaoh the
aocompanying blank and enolose it in
an envelop and mail to The Southern
Cotton Association, Atlanta, Ga.
C. C. Moore, President North Carolina
Hi vision Southern Cotton Association.
ru. jj. Smith,^President South Carolina
Division.
M. L. Johnson, President Georgia
Division.
W. II. Seymour, President Alabama <
Division.
Walter Clarke,President Mississippi t
Division. (
T. C. Long, President Tennessee <
Division.
P. M. Potts, President Louisiana
Division.
b. h. burnett, President Arkansas 1
Division.j u_J 1
E. T. Milner, President Texas 1
Division.
L. B. Irvln, President Oklahoma
Division.
Harvle Jordan,
President.
Richard Cheatham,
Secretary.
Headquarters Southern Cotton Assoolatlon,
Atlanta, Oa., Jul> 16,1906
The undersigned harvested Tor the
season ending September 1st, 1906
bales of cotton from
acres.
Tue undersigned expects to harvest
for the season curling September 1st,
1907 bales of cotton from
acres planted.
Name
Post Otllce
State
Business
County
Date
ST ATX BANKS.
Thn Hank Examlner'H Statement
(Jonoernins Them.
The statement as Issued by State
Bank Examiner llollman, upon the
reports of the 193 State and private
banks, is as follows:
The statement follows;
ltKSOUItCUS.
Loans and discounts. ..134,44 1,344 83
Demand lo?us 2,236,600 50
Overdrafts 678,007 22
Bonds and stocks owned
by the bank 3,592 236 88
Banking house 513,787 04
Furniture and fixtures. 280,088 71
O. her real estate 260,725 89
Due from banks and
bankers 3,940,523 70
Currency ". 847.838 98
Uold 110.598 40
Silver, nlokles and pennies
376,952 70
Cheeks and cash Items. 374,063 68
lOxchanges for the
clearing house 28,441 28
Total >47,584,209 71
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid In.. $7,467.420 40
Surplus fund 1,397,066 90
Undivided profits, lesa
current expenses and if"' C
taxes paid 2,214,695 78
Due to banks and bankerB
786,821 54
Due unpaid dividends.. 22,428 55
Individual deposits sub- u.? 1 )
ject to check 26 475 599 39
Dimand certificates.... 741.249 56
Time certllicates 2,614.129 48
Certltied checks 15 316 53
Cashier's checks 47 885 56
Notes and bills discounted
Hills payable, ^ l_
including time certic
a t es representing
borrowed money 3,880,120 38
Total 147,684,209 71
kCoiiUiiion or CottontOrop. r i
The following table shows the cmdltiou
of the cotton crop on July 25,
for this year with resoective ten-\ei/.r
average:
State July 25, 10-year
1000. average.
Virginia 83 80
N. Carolina.... 75 85
S. Carolina 72 88
Georgia 74 84
B'lorlda 72 85
Alabama 82 83
Mississippi 80 81
Louisiana 88 82
Texas 80 80
Arkansas 80 82
Tennessee 88 85
Missouri 95 80
Oklahoma 92 00
Ind. Ter 85 88
United States 82.9 82.4
These are the tiguresof the government
agricultural bureau, and we believe
that they are padded. We have
no ( ontldence in old man Wilson and
his gang, and U is our opinion that
the cotton planter will never get a
square deal from that bureau until
Wilson and bis henohmen are kicked
out.
".itiileum" on Uie|Avun.
The battle of Antietam "without
its mistakes" was refoughton August
9th on the banks of the Avon as part
of the maneuvers of the British army,
and was won by sheer force of numbers
by the . side representing the
Northern army. No laiger force ever
assembled on Salisbury plain than apVAel
4 ^ ? a- % * - ?
ywaicu tut ?ujb lur me snam
battle. The umpire was Lieutenant
General lan Hamilton, and among
those present were Minister of War
Haldane and John Burns, president of
the local government board. About
36,000 troops wero engaged. Major
General Franklyn, commanding 20,
000 volunteers, represented the
Northern army, and Brigadier General
Alllnby, with 16,000 regulars, the
Southern army. The operations last
ed for four hours.
ltobboQ or in Gold.
Mrs. Matilda Foote of Frederioktown,
O., was Thursday robbed of
$3,500 In gold coin, which she had in
hiding in her house. Mrs. Foote drew
the money from a bank to purchase
the farm on which she lived, and the
robbery was committed while she was
in Mount Vernon scouring the deed.
Sorved Him ltlitht.
When the steamer Henry M. Stanley
was two miles from Galliopilis,
Ohio, a negro entered the oabln of a
woman passenger and attempted to assault
her. lie was discovered and drlv
in over the side of the boat by the
iaptain, and was drowned.
Sliui to Heath.
At Sheeveport, La., a man was
rilled by his divoroed wife who in an
nsane condition went to bia house
tod demamded hex ohildren.
BiiYAN THE MAN
HHNAIOIt T IMiUAN HUNKS UK
WILL* BE ELECTED.
He ThiDks Poosevelt Wants the Bepublican
Nomination But
Would be Beaten.
A dispatch from St. Louis to The
News and Courier says United States
Senator B. R. Tillaman, of South
Carolina, spent several hours In that
o!ty Friday while waiting for a train
to York, Neb, where he is to deliver
a Chautauqua address. The Senator
has his famous pitchfork with him
and wes re ady and eager to thrust the
tines into one Theodore Roosevelt on
slight provocation.
Speaking of the approaching Presidential
campaign, Senator Tillman
said: "Roosevelt is a candidate for
the nomination and he will be sorely
disappointed If the Republicans do
not force it upon him. He is just
itching for the place again and is
using every possible mrana to turn
the FentimPDt toward him and make
the Republicans force him to accept
the nomination again.
"I thir.k liryan will unquestionably
be the Democratic nominee f r President
and has excellent chances to win,
and if he can't heat Roosevelt he
can't boat anybody. II3 is today far
stronger than he has ever been with
the American people and there is
scarcely any discord In the Democra
tic party. Tills leaves the party
with a splendid chance to elect its
candidate at the mxt? election.
"If Bryan aud Rjouevelt are nominated
by their respective parties, 1
bplleve Bryan will he eh oted, for a
comparison between the characters of
the two n on is so greatly in favor of
Itrvj.11 t ill! t. f.Vlo i morlf O)! nnSlln no.,
" ? j u wnw v v uv a J- i v /1 ivn u |/ u u i i v Ufm
readily se?? the difference and vote for
Iiryan. lie is popular, conservative
and is one of the ablest men in Amer
ic.a today. Ills personal popularity is
greater than that of any other man
and with his views on the important
topics of the country lie outclasses
Roosevelt. However, I cannot, say
much auainut the character of Roosevelt,
only that he calls too many ^ood
men liars. The tariff question will be
one of the principal issues of the next
campaign."
W11L BUY b)LV?R
Unoio Naiu'b Flint 1'in c h a hc in Thlitnon
Yonrn.
For the Urst time in 13 years the
government announced its purpose to
purchase sliver for coinage purpi ses.
Tenders are invited at the c tllce of the
director of the mint in this city on
Wednesday, the 15th insfc., up to 1 p.
m., and every Wedmsday thereafter
until further notloo. Those tankers are
to be for delivery at the Philadelphia,
New Orleans or Denver mint, settlement
to be on the New York basis, of
bullion guaranteed 999 tine. The treas
ury reserves the right to reject all
tenders or accept such part of any
tender as may suit its convenience. It
is understood that anticipating that
its reappearance as a purchaser might
temporarily disturb the market unduly,
the treasury has obtained control
of considerable amounts for future delivery,
so that it is in a position to
drop out of the market for several
months if desirable. The average requirements
of the treasury throughout
the year will not exceed 100,000
ounces per week and it will be the polioy
of the department, while keoplng a
reasonable amount in hand to so distribute
his purchases throughout the
year that Its demands will be uniform
and not an element of uncertainty in
the market.
The government has been out of
the market for the purchase of silver
since 1893 except as the agents of the
Philippine government- in the purchase
of a little over thirteen and nop
half million ounces costing $7,376,995
or an average of 0 54 1-2
The lowest price for silver was
touched on Deo 3, 1902, when the
price on the London market was
equivalent to $0,478 per flne ounc*;
the average for last year on the London
market was 61 cents per nunc*
and for the month of July last 66
ueubH p?r ounce.
i'KHitt (1 ft Flouting Inland
Passengers who arrived in New
York August 2, on the Clyde Line
steamship Arapahoe, from Charleston
and Jacksonville, told a tale of a floating
island, which yarn is partly borne
out by the ship's log. The Arapahoe
w&s a day cut of Charleston on July
31 and was on the edge of the Gulf
Stream, about twenty miles southwest
by south of tue Diamond Shoals
light ship, when at 8.30 a. m., the
otlioer in charge of the deok saw a
group of about a dozen trees on the
starboard bow. Thoy were about a
mile away and at peared to be a varie
ty of bamboo. They stood out of the
water about twenty feet. The theory
was that the roots of the trees were
intertwined and that they had been
dislodged by a storm and sent adrift.
From the Arapahoe's deck the trees
really resembled a small island.
Murder in His Heart.
At Jennings, La., Drew Dobbins,
while despondent, Friday took a revolver
containing three loaded cartridges,
fired the first bullet at his
wife and missed, then deliberately
aimed the seoond at bis baby but
again missed, and sent the third <
bullet into his own body, dying in a j
few seoonds. A neighbor was slightly <
wounded by one of the shots. i
JfSLL TO HIS D8ATH
From the Dizzy Height of Fire
Thousand Feet.
Pitifully tragic was the ending of
the oarcer of William Johnson, bal*
oonist and paraobute jumper, of Little
Falls, N. Y., Wednesday, afternnon,
while making his first ascension
in a series be had been engaged
to make as the feature of a street fair
in tbat city. He began his bight at
a few moments past two o'clock,
starting from a vacant lot. After at
tainlng a height af 6,000 feet, at a
point this side of the Gulf Bridge,
about a quarter mile from his starting
point, he cut bis two parachutes
loose from the balloon.
The first cut was splendidly made
and Johnson began to descend graoefully,
but the seoond parachute to
whloh the trapeze was attached, did
not open at full length, one portion
being "lopsided." Beoause of the
lack of air resistance Johnson then
descended rapidly, lleallghtd In the
great web of the Western Union
wires that skirt the New York Central
tracks on the north side near the
Gu'f Bridge.
He bounded upon the wires e few
seconds and then he dropped to the
rocks below, a distance of about fifty
feet, rolled off to another lodge of
rocks and fell to the roadbed of the
New York Central, about seventyfive
feet from the top of the wires.
When picked up he was unconscious
and died in the hospital about 3.30
o'clock. The balloon and the first par
achute released Hulled & short distance
to the eastward and fill into the
burnt recks owned by the John Pierce
<.,! larry Company, of New York City
It Is found upon Inspection that a
ring In the parachute had broken and
a rope cut which prevented the par
aci.uto from opinlug fully. This de
feet probably would have been dlscov
ered had Johnst m Inspected the bai
loou carefully before going up.
FIVE JAP8 KILLED
And Oihers .VrreHtOtl for Unlawfully
Killing Fur S
Further details of the killing of tive
Japanese Poachers in the Prlblli IT Is
lands Is contained In ? special to The
New York Herald, dated Dutch Harbor,
Alaska, July 26, which says:
Five Japuese w? r shot and killed on
the Island of St. Paul of the Prlblh II
group, by order of an agent of the
Department of Commerce and Ltbor,
on July 17, as a result of a raid by
four I U nftriAkiA UAliAAnn^o r?r* o/kal
a WMA v vnv OUHUVIJVI ^ V/ LI mai 1UUH*
cries. The ri venue cutter UoCollouch
reached here today from St. Paul
with twelve prisoi er, two seriously
wounded, who were turned over to
Deputy Warsoal Harmon.
The raiders were discovered lying
near the northeast point of St. Paul
by native lookouts of the North American
Commercial Company. The
raiders refused to surrender when
commanded and tried to make oil with
their booty in small boats, soveral cf
which were drawu npou the shore:
An agent theu ordered the guard of
natives to open lire. The Japanese of
fered no resistance beiug without tire
arms. Three of the raiders fell dead
cm the beach, a fourth was seen to
bo thrown overboard from one of the
boats that escaped, and a lifth body
drifted ashore later in another boat-.
The men had killed more mad 200
seals many of them cows. Those who
escaped carried away about 120 skins.
The raid is believed to have been a
concerted elfort by the Japanese, who
have been haDgir g around the islano
for months, and nivlng the reveu*
cutters much trouble.
Ijaiijthaui bftjH li'tt i-'HlHfl.
In a letter received by Gen. Wille
Jones Wednesday William Lanahan
8c Hon euapatlcally deny that there is
the slightest foundation for the report
that they paid for the repairs on
Gen. Jones resldeaoe. They deny this
and all other reports about them and
the South Carolina liquor situation
and said that the people of South
uaronua seem more loan wllllog to
publlso adverse reports about them.
The tirm says: "naskeH'8 statement
as published In ''The State' of Aug.
2, about you and your house and ourselves
Is absolutely false. All other
statements they have published about
us are likewise false."
Airloa For Africans.
A dispatch from Loodon says it is
being suggested that the negro preaob
ers who have been' advocating an
Ethiopian propaganda on "Africa for
the Africans" should be deported from
South- Afrca. Thj government has
not taken any action, and it is a q uestion
whether it will. The agitation
against the preaohers has been revived
by the recent trouble at Oape Town,
for which they are held by certain
London papers to be partially responsible.
They have made no secret of
their mission to South Africa, advls4nrv
fhn na tirrocj f a hcia 4 ~
lug www uaviioii vu udv until CUU1UH IU
seoure black supremacy m that part
of the world.
Flyo Cnlltlron Burned.
In a fire whloh destroyed the home
of Dr. Geo. L. Miller, of South Omaha,
during Wednesday night five children
of Thomas O'Daniel were burned
to death. Their ages ranged from
three to thirteen years. Mrs. O'Danlei
is in a precarious condition as a
result from burns sustained in her efforts
to save her ohlldren.
Badly Wounded.
In the red light district of Greenyllle
Friday night Geo. Burbage, a
young man about town, wss seriously
jut up with an axe by a Greek fruit
lealer about a woman. Greenyllle is
t dry oounty.
BELPJSD ALL BOUND.
A STORY OF ACTUAL EXPERIENCE
SHOWING HOW
An Agricultural Education Gave
7arm Work New Meaning
and New Joy.
M. L. Sherman, of Ingham County,
Michigan, hired & young man who
had graduated from an agricultural
college and the results were so wonderful
and far-reaching that we give
place here to Mr. Sherman's story,
whioh will be read with Interest by
all. We need to be awakened to the
value of an agricultural education,
what it will accomphlish for us and
our children. Few of us have an adequate
conception of the possibilities
along this line. But listen to Mr.
Sherman's story:
"For two years I had hired a man
who had graduated from our agricultural
college. Some of my neighbors
called me a fool for paying the wages
he demanded, but 1 never made a
better investment. His knowledge
was my lemon and I squeezed It. I
bought some books on larm chemistry,
botany, surveying and horticulture
and look practical lessons of my
hired help in these studies.
"My hired man honored his profos
slon. In p. few weeks my boy, late
ly Indifferent to farm work, tagged at
his heels and begged to help him.
My girl trailed after us with her botany.
I stood speechless one day
when she told me what Ituskln said
about the clouds. Her lingers were
in a hook that had the hired man's
name on the lly leaf. 1 looked through
it and showed it to my wife. She
said if such culture <***, agricultural
she was g?ad her daughter was tindiug
it out.
"That summer we began war on
Insoot pevts by gtudyiog entomology.
My children w( ut wild with euthubi
asm, collecting spec!mens under the
hired man's directions. Because he
was watching for a certain moth,
Will refused to go with some other
boys to the circus, though the year
before he oame near running away
to join a circus company. In his
threat to do so he had quoted the
fr< q lent utterance of a neighbor, 'A
farmer's life is a dog's life. " The life
of my educated hired man, by its
very contrast with a dog's life had
baved my boy.
"B: fore summer was over our children
knew the birds, their ways and
haunts, from the bobolink to the owJ.
By October they had set themselves
to protect quails and partridges. Ag
rioultural soignee had taught them
that most birds are farmers' friends
"In the second year of our farm
education the children gave breathless
descriptions of wild lliwers, ferns and
lovely dogwood white with blossom^.
They were amazed at the beauty of
forest tree ll.iwers. 'Fat.hp.r hih
_ | wit* J vu
know that tbe trees in the woods have
ll >wers? Why did you never tells ui?
dee tho lovely red and green satin of
the hickory buds, eytr so much prettier
than tulips.'
"I was ashamed to confess I had
never considered tbe lilies or the
trees, how they grow. Mv girl had
become a lover of trees. She made
mo promise not to destroy her fairyland,
the wood-lot, by felling the maples,
as I had intended.
"The chemistry of foods improved
our diet and lessened the work of the
klvohen. In connection with some ad
vice from the family physician, I substituted
the glass of milk for the mug
of cider.
"1 had tried to forecast the weather
by the baromete;, but concluded
that that instrument was too mercurial
to be reliable. But Mr. Smith
neexed to understand its cnanges suf
liciently to keep our hay out of the
way or long storms. Ills observations I
and mine were another example of the
difference between educated aud uneduoatod
eyes.
"No new buildings were put up
but under Mr. Smith's directions I
tlxed over our barns and sheds until
dryness, ventilation and ^convenience
for cleaning were as good as in c^ly
structures. Oae result of these wm
provemeDtR was that my boy easily
and willingly did the work about sta
bles and poultry yards, which he formerly
shirked. In harvest time when
woik was pushing my wife and
daughter took pleasure in doing chores,
which had been impossible under
old conditions.
"My farm was saved: that was
much. My boy was save; that wat
more. The farm had become more at
tractive tnan the circus or the olty.
After Mr. Smith went away the boy
worked on the farm aud with hU
books to prepare for a course in the
agricultural college, from vybich he
graduated three years later.V ? .
Does not Mr Sherman's remarks;
ble experience suggest the solution of
that, oil**/! ""
ha?u now to keep the
boy on the farm? 1 think it does.
Long live the farm college! May it
receive the support whloh its importance
merits.
New end SiraiiK" Inland.
C&pt. Truebrldge, of the steamship
Northwestern, Wednesday displayed
a photograph that he brought from
the North, taken by an officer of the
revenue ontter Perry, of a newly for
mer lying fifty n lies west of Dutch
Harbor, directly between the Bog<ilof
Islands, commonly known as Castle
and Fire islands. TheyaGqr island
made its first appearenoe during! June
and itf now 900 feet high. The length
could not be asoertalned as Perry
oould not get oloee enough to make an
accurate measurement. Clouds of
steam arise from its summit and it is
surrounded by boiling water.
)
HE HEN IKS JT. ^
GALDWKLL HA?8 HASKELL8
STATEMENT IS FALSE.
Will Make Cath that Fe Hever
Heard of Lanahan Before in
His Life.
?
Willie CaldwulJLNu been heard from
and he absoluteyoentes bavin# made
the statement Col. John C. Haskell \
of Columbia says he heard him make
about his brothor-lu law, Gm. Wilis
Jones. The following is a quotation
from The liocord's report of Colonel
Haskell's speech at S'.igh's, on July
31, 1906:
"llaakell asssert-ed that the dispensary
had corrupted and besmirched
everybody who had ever been connected
with It; that the members of
the boards of control had gone in poor
men and come out rich, but that none
of them had e<?oae out clean.
"Mr. Weston: How about Wille
I Jones?
"Colonel Haskell: I am not calling
names, but his own brother inlaw
says Lanahan paid for the improve
me"if his house. Jones is not
God AlrfflJR&y to legulita t e af
fairs of lUchland county."
Promptly upon the appearance of
the above, Gen. Wille tJones denied
that Lanahan had paid for the improvement
of his houso and asked Col.
Haskell to spec'.fy whic i one of his
brothers-in-law had made the alleged
statement.
Col. Ilaskell replied that ho had
heard Willie Caldwell In conversation
with some young men In front of
Miot' drug store In Columbia assert
that Lanahan paid for improvements
of WliieJones'H house.
Gen. Jones replied that It *?&s impoHKlble
for Caldwell to hy.ye made
such Abatement, as Caldwell had left
CulunrHila two years before his house
was repaired and had never returned
r Columbia.
Lanahan promptly denkd that he
b?d ever paid for any improvements
ivf General Jones's hous^.
Soon aa Colonel Haskell's statement
v?as printed, General Jones wrote a
statement of theoaae to Mr. Caldwell,
who is In California, and also mailed
him 30pies of the papers containing
ripoits of the Sllgh's in? etlng, asking
him to telegraph upon receipt thereof.
It takes some time for the ma'l
to get from Columbia to California,
but Friday the following telegram
came to G<:n. Wilio Jones from Mr.
Caldwell, who had JuhI received his
letter:
Clio, Calif., Aug. 9, 190(5.
G^n. Wtlie Jones:
Man making statement about tne
tells direct falsehood. Will make
oath never heard of Lanahan before.
William H. Caldwell.
This makes c >mptete the vindication
of General Jones from a onarge
&n&L ncboiy ever believed.
MANY LlY?t5 LO^f.
Colorado llivor Ijh*vob Iiargo Aroa
Wlcfi iiovaaiarlon.
Twenty-fivo persons are known to
have been drowned, hundreds were
rendered homeless and $500.000 worih
of property was destoryeu a# the re
fcult of a tiood in Ttxas Thursday
when the Colorado River was loroed
out of Its banks by heavy rains. The
death list la growing hourly, and it
Is believed the worst disaster since
the Galveston hood has visited Texas.
Relief trains are out off, telegraph
and telephone wires are down, and
the fate of the inhabitants of several
Isolated lawns is unknown. Reports
from the country say loss of life was
great.
The rush came without warning,
and inhabitants at Sau Angelo and
lialllnger werefoiced totloe fors fety
In night clothing. An entire famny
named Cook at Btlliuger were drowned
in attempting to leave their home
on an improvised raft which sVruck
an obstruction. The Colorado U ver
is from four to six miles wide in plaoes
and the tributaries south are out of
uanks. Two thousand oattle are killed.
The Santa Fe track bridges
were washed out and traftio is at *.
standstill. Persons made homeless
sought refuge In churches. Provisions
and clothing were rushed to the
soene.
Owe man on horsebaok was lost
while trying to warn the inhabitants.
A mother and three children at San
Angelo perished in sight of a score of
men, who were unable to attempt a
rescue. The mother was in the upper
story of a house in the bottoms.
She was calling for help when the
tlood caused the small house to totter
and collapse.
Twelve inches of rain fell all over
south Texas last night, causing all
rivers to overflow their banks. R?llef
tialns were rushed out, but were unable
ho teaoh their destination.
Riocue parties in boats are going
from house to house taking people
from seooud stories and oarrylng the
dead to morgues. It is estimated
Lhftt. t.?rt 11
...v mumuivu Uiiidii UI tr&oic was
washed cut. The death list Increases
hourly. Telegraph offices are beseiged
by orowds demanding news from the
the Hooded districts.
Killed by Pul*j?nes,
A dispatch from Manila says first
Lieut. John F. James and two privates
of the Eighth infantry, with
Contract Surgeon Calvin Snyder and
Internal Revenue Coileotor William F,
Williams, were killed Thursday af?i- 1
noon, in a hand-to-band fight witin a
force of Pula janes at Julita, island*'of
Leyte. The detachment, which con- , v
slsted of ten men, was greatly outf *
numbered, but made a gallant fight.
The Pulajanes captured three pistols,
four Krag-Jorgensen rifles and three
hundred round of ammunition.